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| Texas sage (cenizo) |
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| This island of Turk's Cap is much perkier this year. |
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| Society Garlic in the vegetable garden |
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| Spider Lily (Hymenocallis 'Tropical Giant') |
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| Texas Bluebells (Lisianthus 'Mariachi Blue') and plumbago with balloon flower (Platycodon 'Miss Tilly') at right |
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| This Torenia 'Purple Moon' blooms April through October in part shade. |
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So July is when Society Garlic blooms? All your blues and purples and whites look cool, Iris, and love the Spider lily!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Ah, weather in Central Texas. 90's and humidity takes you into the triple digits quickly. Stay cool. Your blooms are lovely.
Annie--My Society Garlic usually starts blooming mid-May and goes until October, as long as it gets some water. It's technically "drought-tolerant", but it does need some water in summer. I love the Spider lily, too--thanks!
Tufa Girl--You're not kidding about the heat index! Thanks for dropping by.
The white spider lilies are lovely. I've always admired them but never grown them. Good to see that they do well here.
I like the Texas bluebells too. Another plant I haven't tried yet. It's nice browsing through other's gardens on GBBD getting ideas. Best when it's someone else in Austin--then I think I might actually be able to grow it.
mss--I, too, really like browsing Austin gardeners' successes/failures. The spider lilies were given to me by my neighbor, who wasn't sure what they were at the time, about four years ago. We saw bigger versions of the same plant in Northeastern Australia a few years ago, but they seem very hardy here, too.
Do those spider lilies need extra water. I think I have seen them by the pond at the WFC. Nice selection of pinks and purples.
Very pretty thanks for sharing! I love spider lilies.
Lancashire rose--I haven't found they need extra water--they're very tough. Maybe they'd bloom longer if I watered them more, though.
TigerlilyRose--You're welcome! Yep, they rock.
I love your Texas bluebells! And was glad to see your spider lily. I was the beneficiary of an unknown bulb which bloomed a similar flower...eaten by deer before I could snap a photo...am hoping I don't have to wait another year for a bloom.
Kathleen--My spider lilies seem to only bloom once a year, but I love their strappy green foliage, too.
I'm going to have to add more society garlic. I've seen it blooming in some public strips too. Just love it. I think mine got covered by another plant. I'll see if I can rescue them. Love your spider lily too!
Linda--Obviously I'm a fan of this hardy flower. The problem I had with my first few Society Garlics was mistaking their "drought-tolerant" description to mean, "very rarely needs any supplemental water during hot Austin summers." They definitely like a little water!
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